VIII Great Old Ones and Outer Gods Charisma scores by +12 Its pincers now a base of 4d6 points of damage each End Times At the end of every month during which RhanTegoth has fed daily and the proper rituals have been performed by cultists within the area of influence, there’s a cumulative 10% chance per month that Rhan-Tegoth transforms into a permanent warping of reality This destroys Rhan-Tegoth’s avatar but expands its influence’s area to cover the entire world Once this occurs, its influence can never be reduced and the effects of its stage four warp are now a permanent and global reality for that world Warp As Rhan-Tegoth grows in power, its influence begins to warp reality with regard to itself, its cultists, its enemies, and the nature of time and space The effects of its warp are summarized below Influence Stage 1: All attack rolls directed at Rhan-Tegoth suffer a –1 penalty, and the save DCs of any effects that affect it are reduced by Worshipers and minions of Rhan-Tegoth gain a +2 bonus on all Perception checks Influence Stage 2: All attack rolls directed at Rhan-Tegoth suffer a –2 penalty, and the save DCs of any effects that affect it are reduced by All energy damage in the area of influence is reduced by 10 points (this can never reduce the damage to less than half of what the dice indicated, however) Worshipers and minions of Rhan-Tegoth gain a +4 bonus on all Perception checks and gain the see in darkness universal monster ability All other creatures begin to catch glimpses of the true nature of reality and suffer a –2 penalty on Perception checks from the strange, hallucinatory distractions Any other Elder Influence that wholly or partially overlaps with Rhan-Tegoth’s influence has its save DC increased by +2 Influence Stage 3: All attack rolls directed at Rhan-Tegoth suffer a –4 penalty, and the save DCs of any effects that affect it are reduced by All energy damage in the area of influence is halved Worshipers and minions of Rhan-Tegoth gain a +6 bonus on all Perception checks, the see in darkness universal monster ability, and constant see invisibility, as the spell All other creatures begin to catch glimpses of the true nature of reality and suffer a –2 penalty on Perception checks and Will saving throws from the strange, hallucinatory distractions Any other Elder Influence that wholly or partially overlaps with Rhan- Tegoth’s influence has its save DC increased by +4 As long as Rhan-Tegoth’s influence stage remains at stage or higher, any other Elder Influence that wholly or partially overlaps with its influence can never be reduced below stage Influence Stage 4: All attack rolls directed at Rhan-Tegoth suffer a –6 penalty, and the save DCs of any effects that affect it are reduced by All energy damage in the area of influence is reduced to minimum possible (for example, a fireball that normally deals 10d6 points of damage would only 10 points of damage in this area) Worshipers and minions of Rhan-Tegoth gain a +6 bonus on all Perception checks, the see in darkness universal monster ability, constant see invisibility, as the spell, and the ability to see through solid objects as if constantly wearing a ring of x-ray vision All other creatures begin to catch glimpses of the true nature of reality and suffer a –4 penalty on Perception checks and Will saving throws from the strange, hallucinatory distractions Any other Elder Influence that wholly or partially overlaps with Rhan-Tegoth’s influence has its save DC increased by +6 As long as Rhan-Tegoth’s influence stage remains at stage or higher, any other Elder Influence that wholly or partially overlaps with its influence can never be reduced 271